What up ya'll - let's start getting more people in here. Curious what your experience has been like as a minority at your firm.

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I think EY does a pretty good job with diversity. I’m Staff Latino and the few months that I have been here I feel that no matter where you come from your opinion counts and you are treated equally regardless of you background... including the EY Unplugged event (for minorities)

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PwC has a lot of active inclusion networks which is good (I’m in the NY office). Being in corporate America you’re going to run into BS no matter where you are, but I find if you network and get friendly with the right people it’s all much easier to navigate and deal with

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